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The FPA’s new president-elect, Pamela Sandy, wants to help create a more diverse face of the advisory profession, raise the organization’s profile among lawmakers and build a culture at the organization to attract a new generation of planners.

A Raymond James advisor has left the firm to join U.S. Capital Advisors, a small regional wealth management firm experiencing rapid growth.

HighTower has recruited newly formed 401(k) practice Fiduciary Plan Advisors to its network platform.

Deutsche Bank has hired two executives to oversee technology and operations.

Shane Hiller, who joined Umpqua a year ago to build the bank's high-net-worth business in San Francisco, rejoined his former employer as director and private banker.

A set of mid-1990s recommendations aimed to reform Wall Street's culture. They didn't, however -- and the real losers were investors.

Several factors are pressuring margins for everyone in planning, says LPL Financial's Bill Morrissey.

Employee Stock Ownership Plans can provide company owners with a long-term exit strategy that offers cash flow, tax advantages and an opportunity to pay back employees.

Are advisors doing clients a disservice when they prepare to hand over the reins?

A former Merrill Lynch advisor has joined Abbot Downing, a unit of Wells Fargo that serves ultra-wealthy clients.